Exact Time-Varying Turnpikes for Dynamic Operation of District Heating Networks

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Hauptverfasser: Rose, Max, Gernandt, Hannes, Faulwasser, Timm, Schiffer, Johannes
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Rose, Max
Gernandt, Hannes
Faulwasser, Timm
Schiffer, Johannes
author_facet Rose, Max
Gernandt, Hannes
Faulwasser, Timm
Schiffer, Johannes
contents District heating networks (DHNs) are crucial for decarbonizing the heating sector. Yet, their efficient and reliable operation requires the coordination of multiple heat producers and the consideration of future demands. Predictive and optimization-based control is commonly used to address this task, but existing results for DHNs do not account for time-varying problem aspects. Since the turnpike phenomenon can serve as a basis for model predictive control design and analysis, this paper examines its role in DHN optimization by analyzing the underlying optimal control problem with time-varying prices and demands. That is, we derive conditions for the existence of a unique time-varying singular arc, which constitutes the time varying turnpike, and we provide its closed-form expression. Additionally, we present converse turnpike results showing a exact time-varying case implies strict dissipativity of the optimal control problem. A numerical example illustrates our findings.
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spellingShingle Exact Time-Varying Turnpikes for Dynamic Operation of District Heating Networks
Rose, Max
Gernandt, Hannes
Faulwasser, Timm
Schiffer, Johannes
Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
District heating networks (DHNs) are crucial for decarbonizing the heating sector. Yet, their efficient and reliable operation requires the coordination of multiple heat producers and the consideration of future demands. Predictive and optimization-based control is commonly used to address this task, but existing results for DHNs do not account for time-varying problem aspects. Since the turnpike phenomenon can serve as a basis for model predictive control design and analysis, this paper examines its role in DHN optimization by analyzing the underlying optimal control problem with time-varying prices and demands. That is, we derive conditions for the existence of a unique time-varying singular arc, which constitutes the time varying turnpike, and we provide its closed-form expression. Additionally, we present converse turnpike results showing a exact time-varying case implies strict dissipativity of the optimal control problem. A numerical example illustrates our findings.
title Exact Time-Varying Turnpikes for Dynamic Operation of District Heating Networks
topic Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21239